CNA Reinforces Its Commercial Real Estate Appetite with New Coverage and Service Enhancements

Last Spring, CNA announced commercial real estate and property owners as a part of its targeted Middle Market focus class initiative. Today, the global insurer reinforces commercial real estate as a core industry appetite with the announcement of new coverage and service enhancements, further positioning CNA as a premier carrier for these businesses.

"We’ve seen strong new business growth with this business since we launched it earlier this year, and we view these coverage enhancements as an opportunity to use our industry-specific expertise to better serve the commercial real estate industry,” states Naveen Anand, senior vice president of Commercial Insurance, CNA. "The breadth and depth of our appetite enable us to provide one-stop insurance solutions for commercial real estate in just about every size segment and risk."

CNA has the expertise, broad coverages and ability to offer customized insurance solutions to address commercial real estate business needs – from the design to ground-breaking to grand opening. In addition, CNA can handle related exposures to risk for the single shop owner, multi-building or multi-national developer. For more information on CNA’s commercial real estate appetite or related products and services, contact your agent or local CNA Branch; or visit www.cna.com/realestate.

CNA is the country’s seventh largest commercial insurance writer and the 13^th largest property and casualty company. CNA’s insurance products include standard commercial lines, specialty lines, surety, marine and other property and casualty coverages. CNA's services include risk management, information services, underwriting, risk control and claims administration. Please remember that only the relevant insurance policy can provide the actual terms, coverages, amounts, conditions and exclusions for an insured. All products may not be available in all states. CNA is a service mark registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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